Corn Snake Morphs, Corn Snake Care, Corn Snake Breeders
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Corn Snakes.....Not just brown and black anymore.
Corn Snakes are one of the most popular pet snakes in the world. Their relatively small size, ease of care, and vast array of color varieties available on the market today, make them the choice of thousands of reptile enthusiasts.
Photo: (my own)
What is a Morph?
If you are not familiar with Corn Snakes, or other reptiles available online, you may not be familiar with the term Morph.
Morph is a term used to describe a Corn Snake that has a genetic mutation, or multiple genetic mutations, that affects the appearance of the snake. There are well over a hundred Morphs on the market today. On this page, I will list many of them.
Snow Corn Snake Hatching

This is a baby Snow Corn Snake coming out of it's egg. I took this photo back when I bred Corn Snakes, years ago. Snow corns are a result of combining two genetic mutations. The Amelanistic gene, and the Anerythristic gene. The Amelanistic gene, and the Anerythristic gene, are both recessive.
Once a baby snake breaks through the eggs shell with it's egg tooth, it can sometimes take a full day for them to completely exit the egg. Many times, a clutch of eggs will have a 6 or 8 heads sticking out of their eggs before the first one comes all the way out.
When the babies first start to cut through the shell, many times the eggs will look as if somebody has cut it several times with a razor blade.
The egg shells are not brittle like a chicken egg. They have some give to them, if you press on them.
Group of Baby Amelanistic Corn Snakes

Amelanisitic Corn Snakes have no black pigment. I took this photo many years ago, when I was still using a film camera. In the pet trade, you will many times hear this morph referred to as Amel, or Albino.
Group of Baby Anerythristic Corn Snakes
Anerythristic Corn Snakes have no red pigment. In the pet trade, they will mostly be referred to as Anerys. I have even heard them call black albinos, which seems silly to me. The interesting thing about this group, is that they are siblings of the group of Amelanistic babies above. It was a very mixed clutch of babies.
Normal Corn Snake Babies
These babies are a little on the dark side for normals, but as you can see they have both black pigment, and red pigment. Where the red is showing through, it blends with the darker pigment, to make more of a brown color.
These are siblings to the Amels and Anerys in the photos above. As they grew older, these normal corns became lighter in color, showing more orange and brown, and less black.
Baby Corn Snakes, Mixed Colors
This photo nicely shows what kind of variety you can have in one clutch of corn snakes.
Patternless Corn Snake

This little Corn Snake isn't quite patternless, but she is mostly patternless.
Corn Snake Morph Photos
- Amber
- Amber (South Mountain Reptiles)
- Amelanistic Motley
- Amelanistic Motley (Mo Reptiles)
- Anerythristic Hurricane Motley
- Anerythristic Hurricane Motley (Mo Reptiles)
- Blizzard Corn Snake
- Blizzard Corn Snake (Mo Reptiles)
- Bloodred Corn Snake
- Bloodred Corn Snake (Mo Reptiles)
- Candycane
- Candycane (South Mountain Reptiles)
- Snow Hurricane Motley
- Snow Hurricane Motley (South Mountain Reptile)
- Sunglow Motley
- Sunglow Motley (Mo Reptiles)
Corn Snake Egg Size Comparison

The bottom egg in this photo, is a Corn Snake Egg, and the top egg, is a Milk Snake Egg. The Milksnake Egg, is either from a Honduran Milk Snake, or a Sinaloan Milk Snake (just can't remember for sure). The dirty looking stuff on the eggs, is vermiculite, which is what I used to incubate the eggs in.
Corn Snake Morph Video
Buying a Corn Snake Online
Why should you buy a Corn Snake online, instead of at your local pet shop? That decision of course is up to each person. You must be the judge of whether you local pet shop should be the place you buy or not. Many of them are very good, but some of them are not. I have purchased reptiles at pet stores, but there are a number of reasons you might consider buying online.
1. Most people don't know that in many cases you can buy a Corn Snake online, have it delivered to your door the next day for about the same price, or cheaper than you can buy it at your local pet shop. (Depending of course on what Morph you buy.)
2. It is almost impossible to find many Morphs at pet stores.
3. The person answering your question may have only worked in the store a short time, and may or may not be familiar with Corn Snakes.
4. Most of the time, professional breeders selling Corn Snakes online have been raising Corn Snakes and other reptiles for years, and in some cases decades, so they have experienced many problems that you might have to face as a new reptile owner, and can provide support based on their own experiences.
5. The internet is a very powerful tool, and most breeders have a good reputation, and want to keep it. They have a strong interest in making sure you succeed at keeping your new snake healthy. But as the owner, it is your responsibility to educate yourself, and be prepared for your animal, long before you make a purchase.
Before you buy a Corn Snake Online
Before you buy a Corn Snake, or any other animal, you should do thorough research to find out if the animal you are considering is even suitable for your home and lifestyle. You can use Google searches, forums, books, talk to friends, but whatever you do, learn, learn, learn. Then after you have decided to make a purchase, have everything your new pet needs, before you make the purchase. The purchase of your Corn Snake should be the last thing you do. Along with researching your animal, do a little checking on the breeder or pet shop you are going to buy from. Corn Snakes given proper care can live over 20 years, so it is not a decision to be taken lightly.
List of Corn Snake Breeders
This list of Corn Snake breeders is listed here as a convenience, and should not be interpreted as an endorsement. I only list these sites here as a convenience to those who may want more information on these popular snakes.
If you know of a good breeder, or are a Corn Snake Breeder yourself, feel free to add a site to the list. You can also vote for who you think is the best breeder on this list.
Shores Enuff Snakes
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Dakota Corns | Welcome
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Corn Utopia
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South Mountain Reptiles
CornSnake.net, your best source for corn snakes of more...1 point
Big Easy Reptiles
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Dragonz N Cornz - Home
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Corn Snake Resources
Having a source you can refer to if needed is always a good idea.
Corn Snakes: The Comprehensive Owner's Guide (Herpetocultural Library, The) by Kathy Love, Bill Love
Two of the world's foremost breeders of corn snake more...1 point
Corn and; Rat Snakes (Complete Herp Care) by Philip Purser
For both beginner and advanced hobbyists comes a brand more...1 point
Corn Snakes and; Other Rat Snakes (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) by Patricia Bartlett, R.D. Bartlett
These snake-hobbyists' favorites range in color fr more...1 point
Corn Snakes (Reptile Keeper's Guides) by Richard Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett
As part of the larger Series, Corn Snakes describe more...0 points
Corn Snakes in Captivity (Professional Breeders Series) by Don Soderberg
Provides information on the selection, housing, di more...0 points
Corn Snake Caresheets
A Corn Snake care sheet is a listing of the basic care requirements for Corn Snakes. If you are thinking about buying a Corn Snake for the first time, please don't print off a care sheet from the internet, and think that is all you need. Care sheets are usually just the basics. Much research should be done before purchasing any animal.
Cornsnake Care Sheet
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Caring for Corn Snakes
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Care, Housing, and Feeding
CornSnake.net, your best source for corn snakes of more...0 points
Do you own a Corn Snake?
How many Corn Snakes do you have?
If you own a Corn Snake, how many do you have?
Corn Snakes in the News
- Constrictor snake wraps itself around church priest
- Father Bruce Batstone blesses a corn snake called Mozart, here with owner Beatrice Collett-Bell, during a pet blessing service at Hornsey Tower. Picture: Polly Hancock A Crouch End priest overcame his fear of snakes to bless two constrictors at a ...
- Worried About Snakes? Here Is What You Need to Know
- It is very rare to have an encounter with a venomous snake anywhere in Georgia.? Beaudin said some of the commonly found non-venomous snakes in Georgia are the Rat Snake, King Snake, Corn Snake and the Black Racer. She said these are the snakes usually ...
- Reptile replacement as snake remains at large
- A corn snake rescued by estate agents was almost reunited with the wrong family whose own pet reptile is still on the slither. The snake, dubbed Martin by staff at Martin & Co, South Croydon, was handed into the RSPCA on May 8 after featuring in The ...
- Marching to Zion: Muscatine Church ponies up the goods to put on a ...
- Madeline Hartman, an assistant naturalist intern with the Muscatine County Conservation Board, offered children the chance to hold Maizie, a four-foot corn snake. Some children balked, but Hartman had a strategy ? she kept Maizie's head away from ...
Corn Snake Forums
Forums are an excellent place to learn about Corn Snakes. There are threads on basic care, feeding, breeding, health issues, and many more. It allows you to communicate directly with other Corn Snake owners about your new pet. Many use them to share photos also. You can gain a lot of knowledge from forums, just by reading them. But if you visit one, you will probably end up participating at some point. It is also a good chance to make friends that you have something in common with.
List of Corn Snake Forums
Corn Snakes - All about Corn Snakes
Corn Snakes - All about Corn Snakes1 point
CornSnakes.com Forums - Powered by vBulletin
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Reptile Magazine (1 Year)
I subscribe to this magazine myself.
Reptiles (1-year)
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 05/31/2012)![]()
If you are interested in reptiles, then this magazine is really something you should get. At this price, it only amounts to a little over a dollar an issue. I subscribe to this magazine myself, and always look forward to the arrival of each issue.
The photos are amazing, and the articles cover many interesting, and little known species of reptiles and amphibians, as well as the more commonly known species in the pet trade.
I highly recommend it!!
Are Corn Snakes the best pet reptile?
Please join in the debate. Do you think Corn Snakes are the best reptile to own as a pet?
Are Corn Snakes the best pet reptile?

Yes they are because.......
loneskye says:
they are easy to care for and very laid-back.
goo2eyes says:
if corn snakes don't bite, they are. if not...
straw-hut says:
My son-in-law had a pink corn snake named Luna. I'm not into snakes but Luna was nice and I held her several times.
Tipi says:
If you're going to have a reptile, a corn snake sounds like a good choice, you sure can't take a goldfish for a walk.
No they aren't, because.......
thesuccess says:
This is as close as I like to get to a snake!
mihgasper says:
Don't have any experience with reptiles...
COUNTRYLUTHIER says:
I don't know about reptiles. Interesting read as has been said. I learned something here today.
EMangl says:
don't want to have one but it was an interesting read
raphaelo says:
I have 7 dogs to feed already :)
List of Corn Snake Morphs
This is not a complete list, but it is most of them.
More Corn Snake Morphs
And the list continues to grow.
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karmicchristian
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- Always enjoy learning a few good things on your lenses!
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- I've had snakes and other reptiles for about 18 years now and I have to say, corn snakes are the best for beginners and more advanced keepers alike!
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- i tottly agree with you :) and i have 3 corn snake's
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- This was quite informative and I love the baby popping out of the egg. Blessed!
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- I can't see myself having a snake as a pet, but the information was very interesting. I loved the picture of the snake coming out of the egg!
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- A friend of mine was talking about their new pet, you guessed it. I sent her over to this lens for more information about Corn Snakes. :D
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- The baby corn snake is just too cute for words, peeking out of his shell! Love all the pics here! We've had logs of reptilian and amphibious pets, but no corn snakes yet.
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- I love the little snake popping it's head out for the first time into the word. It's adorable!
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